Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-16
Floods and Washouts.

rain-storm from the southeast has prevailed
for the last twenty-four hours. The rain
| fall during that period amounted to 3.37
inches. Last night it came down in tor
rents, accompanied by heavy thunder and
sharp lightning. The river rose rapidly
and tore away the approaches to several
East Los Angeles bridges, but the bridges
| themselves were not seriously damaged.
! Part of Downey bridge was carried away,
| part of San Gabriel valley bridge and the
approaches of both the Southern Pacific
bridge and the First-street bridge. Some
people becoming alarmed retre.ted to other
parts of the city and some remained in the
| Police Station and Council Chamber over
night. All through trains, both east and
west, over the Southern Pacific and Cali
| fornia Southern railroads are delayed, and
none arrived or departed to-day. There
are good many washouts on the Southern
Pacific between Tehachapi Mountains and
| Cotton, but none of them are very serious.
They will all be repaired within day or
two. Washouts are reported on the Cali
fornia Southern in Cajon Pass and Teme-
cula Canyon.
| THE STORM AT SAN PEDRO.
SAN PEDRO, February 15th-The storm
at San Pedro ragged with great severity
throughout Monday, and the waves ran
mountain high. The vessels at anchor off
Deadman's Island were tossed about like
chips during the day, and two hauled in
their anchors and went to sea during the
night. Two others slipped their anchors
and were wrecked. The wrecks were COM
plete, but, fortunately, and almost miracu-
| lousy. no lives had been lost. The people
of San Pedro were watching the vessels at
sea very closely during the day and until
| darkness shut them from view. About 10
Pm. signals of distress were seen at the
| distance of about two miles southeast of
San Pedro and east of Deadman's Island.
Many citizens repaired to the shore, ami
mated with the desire to assist those who
were battling with the waves, but such a
I gale was blowing from the southeast, while
! the rain was falling i'll torrents, that it
would have been simply suicidal to have
launched boat and gone out. At dawn
this morning those who were on watch dis
covered men clinging to the rigging of a
ship, which had foundered in thirty five
| feet of water, two or three hundred yards
| Off Deadman's Island.
! The Weather.
LANCASTER, February 15th.-A heavy
rain commenced all over Antelope valley
| at 2 P. NJ. Monday, and continued all night,
| changing into a heavy snow storm during
the night. Three inches of snow covers
| the ground at Lancaster Station, but it is
melting rapidly. A much heavier fall is
| reported southwark. The mail-carlier
| from Elizabeth reports over two feet of
snow at 6 o'clock this morning, and snow
ing hard, making the roads almost i'm
passable. The railroad track in both di-
rections is all right so far for twenty miles,
| but the snow is melting fast, and washouts
are expected before night. No damage is
yet reported. Total rainfall here, LIS
| inches. a much larger amount fell in the
interior. 1t is showing hard at P. NJ. to-
day.
LATHRoP, February 15th.-The rainfall
| for the past twenty-four hours is 10 of an
inch. The weather is cloudy and the in
dications are good for more rain.
FRESNO, February 15th.-The rainfall for
twenty-four hours TO o'clock this morn
ing is &c of an inch, and for the season
$40.
REDD1Ne, February 15th.-No storm for
| three days, but one is threatening The
| thermometer is 42o above.
ST. HELENA, February 15th.-The rain
| fall for the latest storm is SOB inches and
for the season 1853. The indications are
for more rain. The vineyard men are
happy.
ANDERSON, February 15th.-Rain COM
menced falling at noon.
| MERGED, February 15th.-The rainfall for
twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock this
morning is .SS of an inch, making for the
season $50 inches
| BAKERSFIELD, February 15th.-The rain
| fall yesterday was the heaviest of the
season. 1t commenced at Bpm.
| GONZALES, February 18th. = 1t COM
menced raining Sunday night at o'clock.
and up to 8 O'Clock last evening 1.12 inches
had fallen. making 293 inches for the
| storm. While it was raining in the valley
it was showing in the mountains, which
are now white.
PAso RoBLEs, February 15th.-The rain
which has been falling for several days
| past stopped this morning. and the sun has
been shining brightly all day.
| SANTA ANA, February 15th.-Rain con-
| tinues to fall for the past nine days, with
but very little abatement. 1t has rained
| quite hard since Saturday afternoon. To-
night, at o'clock, it is raining hard, with
Il severe south wind. The rain fallen for
this storm is $50 inches, and for the sea-
| son, Z so inches. The indications are that
we will be visited with an unusual heavy
| storm of rain and wind during the night.
weather indications.
| SAN Francisco, February 15th.-Indica-
| tons for the "a hours commencing at
A. Nj. February 18th: California-Light
rains in the southern portion and in the
| extreme northern portion fair weather in
the central parts.
Suspended Operations-A Bear Hunt.
| NEVADA, February 15th.-The snow is
over sixteen inches deep on a level, and
shoveling from roads and porches is the
| order OF the day. Communication with all
points above is temporarily cut off. At
| Moore's Flat and Eureka the snow is sew
eral feet deep. Should warm rain follow,
| Marysyille and the lower country will
surely be flooded. All the water bitches
are blocKaded, and mills that depended on
| water power hayes suspended operations.
Yesterday large bear was seen at Will
| low Valley. three miles from here. A party
| OF men and dogs gave chase, but bruin
could not be captured. The severity Of the
| weather doubtless drove him down from
| the high mountains.
Stage Upset and Horses Drowned.
MERGED, February 15th.-The Mariposa
stage, which left here yesterday morning,
| upset in the swollen stream near Hornitos,
| drowning both horses. The driver, T. H.
| Patterson, was taken out nearly dead, but
ne Will recover. Inc passengers all eS-
capped. The stage, which should have
reached here last night, did not arrive until
100 this afternoon, bringing in yesterdays
wreck. All the streams in this vicinity are
swollen and most of them OVERLOOKING their
banks.
Unknown Man Found Dead.
| BENIcIA, February 15th.-An unknown
man, apparently 40 years of age, was found
dead in his bed at the Newport House
this morning. Dr. Gray held post NOR
tenn examination, and found that he had
died suddenly from rupture of the aorta
| A Coroner's inquest found verdict in &C
cordance with the facts.
Delayed by Washouts.
GONZALES, February 15th.-on account
of washout between Kings and Soledad,
the northbound passenger train was thirty
five minutes late yesterday, and the north
bound freight was abandoned.
Real Estate Purchases in Fresno.
FRESNO, February 15th.-Geo w. Meade,
of San Francisco, purchased during the
past week large amount of country and
city real estate. The purchases aggregate
over $4,000.
Failures at St. Helena.
ST. HELENA, February 15th.-Several
failures and assignments, principally
among liquor houses, have occurred here
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